I am a MillionMiler on United Airlines and I like to tell people that it was “a million miles for love.” I met my wife-to-be Heidi while working in Germany for Star Alliance in 2011. We were next door...
Photos: Air New Zealand Impresses
Hello from London! The first leg of my 7-leg journey, an Air New Zealand flight from Los Angeles to London, is complete. My expectations were high for business class on Air New Zealand and while they were not exceeded, they were met....
Off to London, Cairo, Beirut, Istanbul, and Kiev!
I’m embarking on a quick trip from Los Angeles to New York…via London, Cairo, Beirut, Istanbul, and Kiev! Why? Aeroplan and a cheap business class ticket. This trip was born of a cheap business class fare on Ukraine International Airlines back...
And Now Comes the Great Leap Forward
With the prodigal son home, now comes the hard part. If this blog is to work, if this blog is to gain traction, it must produce fresh, frequent and fascinating content. Life is already busy and if I focused...
A New Home for Live and Let’s Fly
Once upon a time, a 24-year old law school student created a blog to impart his love for travel and frequent flyer miles to a like-minded audience. This young man loved traveling in first class and staying in fancy...
Flyebaby – An Option for Lap Infants and Their Parents
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. If you are looking to buy a neck pillow you have about a...
How to Remember 9-11-01 Today
We’ve come a long way in the last fifteen years. So far that a mattress store in Texas felt this was an appropriate ad– and a Florida Walmart set up a Coca-Cola display like this– I think that sort...
New IMAX Trailer for Captain Sully Movie
It has all the makings of a good film — directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks — and a new IMAX preview for Sully, which portrays the crash landing and subsequent investigation over US Airways 1549, is...
I am Spending the Night in an Abandoned Russian Mine!
Tonight should be interesting — I’ll be staying at the Tulpan Hotel in Pyramiden, an abandoned Russian mining community in Svalbard, Norway. I’ve ordered the “Soviet accommodation” and will be cut off from the outside world until tomorrow, for I have been...
Qatar Amiri Flight 747-8 at LAX
I am on my way to FTU in Washington this weekend and upon driving into LAX this morning I noticed a 747-8 with Qatar Airways livery parked in one of the VIP slots on the SE side of the airport. I...
China Eastern Delights and Disappoints
China Eastern showed today its potential to offer industry-leading ground and air service while at the same time showing that it has so much that it can improve upon. In an earlier post I discussed our pre-flight VIP treatment...
Suddenly We are VIPs on China Eastern
Lucky and I offered less than stellar initial feedback yesterday on our China Eastern Flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai. The primary problem was onboard smoking but there were several service lapses that ultimately made for a disappointing in-flight...
Smoking on China Eastern Airlines
Before today, I had been on one smoking flight my entire life: Burbank to Seattle in September 1987. I was a year old and do not remember it…My second smoking flight was earlier today on China Eastern from Los...
Independence Day, Brexit, and Mr. Bean
Independence Day in America, also known as Thanksgiving Day in Great Britain, brings on a whole new meaning this year in light of Brexit, the UK’s own recent declaration of independence. I do not really care to discuss history...
A KL Taxi Driver Threatened to Hurt Me for Using Uber
I was in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday night on a long layover between Malaysia Airlines flights. I needed a haircut and wanted a massage, so I hopped on the KLIA Express train to KL Sentral and there picked up an...
Memorial Day 2016: United Airlines Ramp Worker Goes Extra Mile
Each year on Memorial Day in the USA I write a post that attempts to grapple with the world outside the bubble of miles and points. We live in an age of an all-volunteer army in which drones are...
Why I Want to Travel on EgyptAir More Than Ever
EgyptAir is in the news again, and it is never good news with EgyptAir. Lucky and I are planning our trip home from Colombo and had I not been traveling last week we likely would have confirmed our trip...
Help Lucky and Me Get Home from CMB!
When Lucky posted an incredible deal between Colombo and Casablanca yesterday which included flights on Royal Air Maroc, I knew I had to go. After coordinating dates with Lucky, we booked a one-way ticket from Los Angeles to Colombo...
2016 Freddie Awards Winners and Commentary
I made my annual pilgrimage to the Freddie Awards yesterday, something I look forward to every year. Due to inclement weather in Las Vegas, this year the festivities were held on the floor of the brand new T-Mobile Arena...
90 Years of United History in One Minute
Yesterday I shared 15 Cool Facts About United Airlines and today I want to share a cool video UA put together tracing back the many companies and subdivisions that eventually coalesced to form the United Airlines we know today....
